Regulation 64D The amount of a hardship paymentF1
England, Wales and Scotland
A hardship payment is either—
80% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of F3Part A1 of Schedule 4 where—
the claimant has an award of employment and support allowance which does not include entitlement to a work-related activity component under section 4(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as in force immediately before 3rd April 2017; and
the claimant or any other member of their family is either pregnant or seriously ill; or
60% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part A1 of Schedule 4 in any other case.
A payment calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall, if it is not a multiple of 5p, be rounded to the nearest such multiple or, if it is a multiple of 2.5p but not of 5p, to the next lower multiple of 5p.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Regs. 64A-64D inserted (3.12.2012) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2756), regs. 1(1), 6 (with reg. 1(2))
- F2
Reg. 64D(1) substituted (3.4.2017) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Exempt Work Hardship Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/205), regs. 1, 5
- F3
Words in reg. 64D(1) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance (Rates of Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/113), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3 (with reg. 4)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
Section 3(3) is cited for the power to prescribe a payment under paragraph (b) of the definition of “pension payment”.
- F2
Section 22 is cited insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7, 8(1), 9 and 10 of Schedule 2.
- F3
Section 24(1) is cited for the definition of “employment” and “employed”, “period of limited capability for work”, “prescribed”, “regulations” and “week”.
- F4
Paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1 is cited for the definition of “couple”, “education” and “remunerative work”.
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- F6
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